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# User Services for Emergency Services Network (ESN)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/user-services-for-emergency-services-network-esn-ocds-h6vhtk-037300). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Secretary of State for the Home Department: "User Services for Emergency Services Network (ESN)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £895,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Secretary of State for the Home Department](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department-GB-FTS-114174)
- **Published Value:** £895,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 June 2023 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive dialogue
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Air-to-ground telecommunications services, Ancillary works for telecommunications, Billing system, Call centre, Collection agency services (+37 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/user-services-for-emergency-services-network-esn-ocds-h6vhtk-037300#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-037300`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/user-services-for-emergency-services-network-esn-ocds-h6vhtk-037300#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhomeoffice.app.jaggaer.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/user-services-for-emergency-services-network-esn-ocds-h6vhtk-037300#participate

## Description
This Award Notice relates to the award of a contract the provision of User Services (US) , a managed service to be provided to  the 3 Emergency Services (Police, Fire and Rescue and Ambulance) ("3ES") and other future users.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 32500000, 32522000, 32523000, 32524000, 45232332, 48200000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £895,000,000
- **Description:** This Award Notice relates to the award of a contract the provision of User Services (US) , a managed service to be provided to  the 3 Emergency Services (Police, Fire and Rescue and Ambulance) ("3ES") and other future users. The US supplier will prov...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** User Services for Emergency Services Network (ESN) (active)
  - Award id: `001272-2025-C18116-1`
  - Supplier(s): **IBM United Kingdom Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134975`
  - Value: £1,362,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** User Services for Emergency Services Network (ESN) (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,362,000,000
  - Signed Date: 16/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001272-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-14T17:12:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T23:13:51.605Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-037300